Everybody Boo ..
by Deyong, Moss
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Stanley Paul and Co., Ltd, London, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Illustrator: Photographic. 370 g.; VI, 7-184 pages, foreword by Sir Noel Curtis-Bennett, list of illustrations and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Moss Deyong. The text is illustrated 17 black-and-white photographs throughout the text. Red coloured cloth boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book edges and there is flecking to both the top and lower book edges. Cocking of the spine. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. Light browning and heavy foxing to the endpapers and there is browning and lighter foxing throughout the text. Black-and-white photographic dustwrapper with orange background with white and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Heavy rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. The dustwrapper edges are heavily chipped, creased and show multiple small tears. The dustwrapper panels are rubbed, show handling marks and sunning. The creases of the dustwrapper also considerable sunning. There is a 2 inch tear to the lower left-hand corner of the front panel. Light browning to the verso of the dustwrapper. The biography and reminiscences of one of boxing's most experienced referees, Moss Deyong. At the time of writing his memoirs he was the oldest licensed boxing referee in the professional circuit with 30 years experience. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Sport -- Boxing; Inventory No: 0108333. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0108333
- Title
- Everybody Boo ..
- Author
- Deyong, Moss
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Stanley Paul and Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Boxing -- Referee -- Moss Deyong -- Memoirs Biography & Autobiography; Sport -- Boxing; Photographic Unbranded Deyong, Moss "Everybody Boo ...
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport -- Boxing;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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